Ox-shoe



(No Modl.)

W. PEARGE.

. Y 0X SHOE.

No; 255,014: Patented 1\/Ia,r.`14,1882lx ld4 sifyle Siwa UNtTED STATES PATENT Ordnen.

WILLIAM PEARCE, OF PLAN'ISVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO M. N. VOODRUFF AND N. A. BARNES, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

`OX-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,014, dated March 14, 1882.

Application mec December at. isst. (No modem To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM Pnanon, of Plantsville, in thecountyot'Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Orr-Shoes, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates .to improvements in oxshoes in which the toe-cullrs extend obliquely across theend ofthe shoe and are substantially parallelto theheel-callrs; and the objects of my invention are, iirst, to make a shoe which will give the 0X wearing the shoes a better foothold, and, second, to make. a more durable sh'oe. 1 attain these objects bythe construction ot' the shoe illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 ot' the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2, a side elevation or edge View; and Fig. 3 is a like View of an old style of shoe which has been Worn.

A designates the heel-eallr, and B the toecalk. .The former occupies the ordinary position on the shoe; but the latter, instead of extending across the toe end substantially at right angles thereto7 as in ordinary ox-shoes, extends across said end ohliqnely and substantially parallel to the heel-callr.

Exactly parallel to the heel-call; is a good position for the toe calli. The transverse broken line at the toe end 'in Fig. 1 indicates the end ofthe shoe as ordinarily formed. This shoe may be forged either by hand or machinery; or it may be made of cast malleable iron or in any ordinary manner. The advantages claimed for itare thatthetoe-calkstands substantially at right angles to thelineot draft, so that the ox can obtain a much better foothold, especially when histoe onlybears upon the ground, than can be obtained with the ordinary shoe; also, that. there is no tendency to make his foot slip to one side or to force his hoot's apart. The wear upon the toe-callrs will also come upon the front corner ot' the cali; and substantially parallel thereto, so as to wear evenly the whole length of the call; instead of IWearing oil one end first, as in the ordinary shoe.

Fig. 3 shows an ordinary shoe as wor-n, in full lines, While the broken lines represent'the toe-calli as it Was before wearing. I n this figure, A designates the heel-callr, and E the'toecalli. .'f

1f desired, to prevent sidewise slipping a third callr might be formed on the middle portion of the shoe to stand at right angles to the calks A B; but it is believed that such third calli will not ordinarily be desirable.

I am aware that calks have been placed upon the middle portion of the shoe both parallel to the heel'calk and at right angles thereto, both ot Which constructions are hereby disclaimed.

I claim as my invention- An ox-shoehavingthe toe-calk extend across the toe end ohliquely to said end and substantially parallel with the heel-calk, substantially as described, and for the purpose spelciled.

WILLIAM PEARCE.

Witnesses:

CHAs. E. HILL, A ROBERT W. WALKER. 

